We are pleased to announce that this year\u2019s Vice Chancellor\u2019s Distinguished Teachers Award winners are Jean-Christophe Penet (SML) and Clare Guilding (SME).<\/p>\n
Both Clare and JC will receive their awards in congregations taking place today.<\/p>\n
The awards<\/a> were launched in 2010 in order to celebrate and recognise outstanding teaching at Newcastle.<\/p>\n Each year three types of award are made; two for academic staff – a general award and an award for staff working within the societal challenge theme; and one for professional support staff.<\/p>\n Candidates for the awards are expected to demonstrate leadership in teaching and learning and to innovate across the areas of pastoral care, supervision and curriculum design.<\/p>\n Clare\u2019s innovative teaching techniques have already been the subject of one of our Case Studies<\/a>, which looked at her use of Sim-Man to teaching students diagnostic techniques<\/a>!<\/p>\n Clare said: \u2018I’m delighted to receive this award which shows Newcastle University’s continued commitment to supporting good teaching practice and teachers in the institution.’<\/p>\n She has also been nominated for numerous Newcastle University Student Union\u00a0Teaching Excellence Awards\u00a0for\u00a0Innovative Teaching Methods, Contribution to Pastoral Support and last year picked up the Overall Outstanding Teacher Award.<\/p>\n She has also received the Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME<\/a>) EDG\u00a0Educator Innovator Award (January 2016) and British Pharmacological Society\u00a0Education Prize<\/a>\u00a0(December 2015).<\/p>\n Jean-Christophe is a lecturer in French and Translation studies in the School of Modern Languages.<\/p>\n A founding member of the peer-support network EDUBITES<\/a>\u00a0and a committed advocate of peer support for teaching \u2013focused staff, he\u2019s the Employability Officer in his School and runs a range of initiatives with local businesses.<\/p>\n He said: \u2018I like especially that these awards are not based simply on module evaluations or peer review but on a more holistic approach to teaching and learning, taking in lots of elements of professional practice.<\/p>\n \u2018It\u2019s so important to recognise the value of great teaching and to support and encourage that across the University.\u2019<\/p>\n Unfortunately there were no nominations in the Professional Support Staff category this year \u2013 we hope that this will be rectified next year and would like to encourage staff to nominate support staff<\/a> who have made an outstanding contribution to learning and teaching.<\/p>\n You can read profiles of each of the VC Award winners and hear more about what they think makes for outstanding teaching on the LTDS blog next week!<\/p>\n Congratulations Clare and JC!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We are pleased to announce that this year\u2019s Vice Chancellor\u2019s Distinguished Teachers Award winners are Jean-Christophe Penet (SML) and Clare Guilding (SME). Both Clare and JC will receive their awards in congregations taking place today. The awards were launched in 2010 in order to celebrate and recognise outstanding teaching at Newcastle. Each year three types … <\/p>\n